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diff --git a/ANNOUNCE.15.0 b/ANNOUNCE.15.0 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51001868 --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE.15.0 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +BREAKING NEWS, SEBEKA MINNESOTA 2022-02-02: + +Well folks, in spite of the dire predictions of YouTube pundits, this +morning the Slackhog emerged from its development den, did *not* see its +shadow, and Slackware 15.0 has been officially released - another six +weeks (or years) of the development treadmill averted. + +This has been an interesting development cycle (in the "may you live in +interesting times" sense). Anyone who has followed Linux development over +the years has seen the new technology and a slow but steady drift away from +the more UNIX-like structure. The challenge this time around was to adopt +as much of the good stuff out there as we could without changing the +character of the operating system. Keep it familiar, but make it modern. +And boy did we have our work cut out for us. We adopted PAM (finally) +as projects we needed dropped support for pure shadow passwords. We switched +from ConsoleKit2 to elogind, making it much easier to support software +that targets that Other Init System and bringing us up-to-date with the +XDG standards. We added support for PipeWire as an alternate to PulseAudio, +and for Wayland sessions in addition to X11. Dropped Qt4 and moved entirely +to Qt5. Brought in Rust and Python 3. Added many, many new libraries to the +system to help support all the various additions. We've upgraded to two of +the finest desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.16, a fast and +lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and +the KDE Plasma 5 graphical workspaces environment, version 5.23.5 (the +Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition). This also supports running under Wayland +or X11. + +We still love Sendmail, but have moved it into the /extra directory and made +Postfix the default mail handler. The old imapd and ipop3d have been retired +and replaced by the much more featureful Dovecot IMAP and POP3 server. + +The Slackware pkgtools (package management utilities) saw quite a bit of +development as well. File locking was implemented to prevent parallel +installs or upgrades from colliding, and the amount of data written to +storage minimized in order to avoid extra writes on SSD devices. + +For the first time ever we have included a "make_world.sh" script that allows +automatically rebuilding the entire operating system from source. We also +made it a priority throughout the development cycle to ensure that nothing +failed to build. All the sources have been tested and found to build +properly. Special thanks to nobodino for spearheading this effort. + +We have also included new scripts to easily rebuild the installer, and to +build the kernel packages. With the new ease of generating kernel packages, +we went on to build and test nearly every kernel that was released, finally +landing on the 5.15.x LTS series which we've used for this release. There +are also some sample config files to build 5.16 kernels included in the +/testing directory for anyone interested in using those kernels. + +There's really just way too many upgrades to list them all here. For a +complete list of included packages, see: + +ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/PACKAGES.TXT + + +Downloading Slackware 15.0: +--------------------------- + +The full version of Slackware Linux 15.0 is available for download from the +central Slackware FTP site hosted by our friends at osuosl.org. + +If your machine supports x86_64, it is highly recommended that you use the +Slackware64 (64-bit) version for the best possible performance: + ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/ + +The 32-bit x86 version may be found here: + ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/ + +The links above are for the Slackware file tree. If you already have Slackware +14.2 installed, you can use these files and follow the instructions in the +UPGRADE.TXT document to upgrade your system to Slackware 15.0. Instructions +for burning the Slackware file tree onto install discs may be found in the +isolinux directory. + +If you're looking for a bootable installer, ISO images are available that can +be written to a DVD or (using dd) to a USB stick: + + ftp://ftp.slackware.com:/pub/slackware-iso/slackware64-15.0-iso + ftp://ftp.slackware.com:/pub/slackware-iso/slackware-15.0-iso + +If the sites are busy, see the list of official mirror sites here: + + http://mirrors.slackware.com + +We will be setting up BitTorrent downloads for the official ISO images. +Stay tuned to http://slackware.com and the ##slackware IRC channel on +libera.chat for the latest updates. + +This time around we've gone completely virtual. There are no CDs or DVDs to +purchase, and no new stickers, hats, pins, or T-shirts. You can still find +a few items like these on CafePress searching for Slackware, and I might even +make a couple of pennies off them depending on which store you end up on. +It's possible that I'll look into some new stuff after I take a bit of a +breather from this long development cycle... but software was the priority +this time, not swag. + +Huge thanks to the Slackware community for all the help making this release +possible. If it weren't for your generous support I'd probably be working at +the potato chip factory instead of on Slackware. ;-) My family and I are +grateful for the support, and I hope everyone will enjoy the new release. + +If you'd like to help us keep this project going, contributions are gratefully +accepted here: + +https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux +https://paypal.me/volkerdi + +At this time any contributions are not tax deductible. +Thanks for your support in any amount! + +Have fun! :-) I hope you find Slackware to be useful, and thanks +very much for your support of this project over the years. + + +--- +Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> + +Visit us on the web at: http://slackware.com |